Parting
Parting
Parting
Parting
Parting
Parting
Parting

Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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'Parting' was Goscombe John's first major success, winning the Royal Academy Gold Medal in 1889. The subject was set by the Royal Academy committee, and the sculptor interpreted it with the figure of a blind old man holding his dead son across his knees.

National Museum Cardiff

Title

Parting

Date

1889

Medium

plaster

Measurements

H 86 x W 45.5 x D 39 cm;
Plinth: H 3.4 x W 54 x D 50 cm

Accession number

NMW A 559

Acquisition method

gift from Sir William Goscombe John, 1891

Work type

Statue

Signature/marks description

rear: W.G JOHN / 1889

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